Importance of Seeking Talents

Chapter

Observed lessons

When you are leader and your people are nowhere near as competent as
you, then it is time to worry.

There are always people of talent. You just need to find them. A great
leader is surrounded by great people.

Let your people be your teachers.

Discussion

A danger in recruitment and selection occurs where people seek to appoint
others who will not threaten them. In this way,
B-players will often
tend to appoint
C-players and certainly not
A-players who may
make them look relatively incompetent. It takes a confident leader to appoint
people who are cleverer than they are, yet the alternative is to have a team who
have limited ability and who will fail when times get tough.

The best leaders are also the best learners and are always seeking people
from who they may learn. This is one of the secrets of leaders who are also
teachers -- that they understand learning and stay ahead by paying attention to
their own, carefully recruited teachers.